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-Speciolizing in Custom Milling- plywood and door skins in Japan and, therefore, are not available in the proper lengths and sizes for other uses.

After the 45-minute conference, the Japanese toured the yard of the Robert S. Osgood plant and were the guests of John Osgood for lunch. ThJne*iday, they visited sJveral oth6r Southern California yards, including the new yard of E. J. Stanton & Son.

The local lumbermen present at the meeting included Robert !. Qsgood, lumber and plywood importer, Los Angeles; Clyde H. Thompson, Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Montebello; Carvel D. Brown, Orban Lumber Co., Pasadena; Russell B. Mullin, Burbank Lumber Co., and Floyd Yates, Southwest Plvwood Corp., Compton.

lmporfed Plywood Gluofo Reduced

San Francisco, Calif.-The Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn. has received information that, at a general meeting of the Japan Plywood Manufacturers Assn., decision wai reached to cut the Group A (Lauan doorskin) OctoberDecember quota 20/o, with consideration that this reduction might be added to'the April-June 1960 quota if the U.S. market conditions then appear favorable. ,.'.

In addition to the above 20/o cut, 3O/o of the "A" allocation will be transferred to the B and C groups (panels), making a total reduction of. 50% of the Lauan doorskiris in the October-December quota. The Japanese quota for Lauan doorskins for countries other than the U.S. iontinent is also to be reducedby 50/o of the previous quota.

Bob Hqlbeil Joins Fqirhurst

Bob Halbert, popular young wholesale lumber salesman of Southern California, has joined the local sales staff of Fairhurst Lumber Co,, with headquarters at Long Beach. He will assist Thom Philips of the-Redwood division in an extensive sales-promotion campaign directed to retail lumber dealers of the Southland and Arizona.

According to N{ike Walsh, manager of the Long Beach sales ofifices, Fairhurst has established an exclusive redwood sales division under the direction of Thom Philips in order to offer a faster service to dealers, and a concentiation yard has beel opened a! _W_ilmiqgton to expedite delivery of ca-rgo_shipments. and L.C.L. The wholesale distributing-firm will also offer direct shipments via rail or truck and tiailer, it was said.

Empire Plywood in Fresno

Empire Plywood, fnc., has opened a new warehouse in Fresno, with Dave Pinkham as manager. The Fresno branch will serve retailers. consumers and builders with industrial and decorative plywoods, mouldings, hardboard and particle boards, including Par-TILE natural wood block flooring.

New NRTDA Eye on Lobor; Orrie Homilton on Committee

A semi-monthly series of "Labor Letters," dealing specifically with labor-management problems as they apply to retail lumber and building materials dealers, was inaugurated by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association on October 2. According to H. R. Northup, NRLDA's executive vice-president, the new service reports to the industry current and anticipated developments brought about by passage of the Labor Reform Law.

"tabor relations has become a highly technical field, and the provisions of the new labor legislation are complicated," Mr. Northup pointed out. "The exact meaning of the new law will not be determined until doubtful points are tested in the courts-a matter of years-but there will be an immediate effect on all retail lumber dealers.

"To comply with the law, and get full protection from abuses it outlaws, expert guidance is needed," Mr. Northup declared. "Such assistance can best be provided by Association action. Accordingly, NRLDA has appointed a new

Labor Relations committee and will disseminate information as it develops through the 'Labor Letter'."

Committee members include Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president, Southern California Retail Lumber Association, Los Angeles. Assisting the committee and NRLDA staft are prominent attorneys on labor matters who helped draft the Labor Reform Law and who also served with the National Labor Relations Board.

New Aluminum Sheet for Competition

A major new product announced by the Aluminum Company of America is aimed at increasing the construction uses of aluminum in both industrial and residential building. Called Alcoa Building Sheet, the new standard item is now being marketed in coils and flat sheets at prices said to be competitive with galvanized steel and other major building materials. Residential siding, awnings, industrial building panels, storm doors, screen frames, heating and air-conditioning ducts, roofing and other similar items are predicted uses of the new product, reports the October 16 bulletin of the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn.

When you deal in cedar, you have a quality edge over other roofing materials. For natural cedar shingles add that vital third dimension-thickness-to their other attributes of good looks and long life. But always insist on Certigrade shingles when you buy. The genuine Certigrade label beneath the bandstick is your assurance of mill-inspected material that meets or exceeds its grademark.

A GIANT CRANE from the C. Norman Peterson Construction Company gets ready to receive another load of cement from a Nevada Lumber Company truck as work continues on the giant $1,576,000 sewer treatment plant for the South Tahoe Public Utility district. Contract for the cement, awarded Nevada Lumber Company of Tahoe Valley, Calif., was one of their biggest this year and compares somewhat to the retail yard's cement deliveries for Harrah's Club new $2,500,000 casino now being built at Stateline.

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Orville Bresee, Mendo Studs representative from Ukiah. and his wife were recent southern California visitors. He played the Arcadia golf course with Ralph Norum, "Mac" McWhorter and George Cameron, with Sterling Wolfe as their caddy while Horace Wolfe stayed home to mind the store (it's reliably reported Sterling just went along to ride the fancy cart).

Homer M. Hayward, head of the Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., and his Morro Bay manager, Jim Froggatt, migrated Wyoming way last month for a "very successful" antelope and deer-hunting expedition.

Harold Cole, Snark of L. A. Hoo-Hoo Club 2, was due back at Bohnhoff Lumber Co. the end of last month after an illness that laid him low soon after his return from the Hoo-Hoo convention in Duluth.

There were 24,830 pedestrians injured crossing intersections with the signal in their favor during 1958 in the United States.